Indian Men Get 'Wrong Signal' from Friendly Female Tourists

The owner of Leopold Cafe has said the friendliness of western women can confuse local men and lead to sexual assault.

Hey lady. This one's for you. No. These aren't the lyrics of some cheesy boy band sugary song, but some serious advice to female tourists who plan to visit India-Keep your friendliness in check.And it seems atleast one person endorses this view.The owner of Mumbai's famous The Leopold Cafe has said the friendliness of western women can confuse local men and lead to sexual assault.

Farhang Jehani, who owns the restaurant, said Indian men often get the ‘wrong signal’ from female tourists who are simply being friendly. But he made it clear that the female tourists are not to be blamed for the confusion.."(Female tourists) behave very well. It's not a question of them not behaving," he said."They are friendly and that's the problem with India - we take it as a wrong signal and that's the whole thing.Indian men take it as a wrong signal and take it as the wrong way."

Speaking to Australian news website, News.com.au , Jehani said that he had not noticed any decline in female travelers despite new statistics showing the number of females visiting India had dropped by 35 per cent in the wake increasing sex attacks.

"I have seen a lot of beautiful young girls coming and they are quite comfortable and they come in groups," Mr Jehani said.

According to the report, Jehani even insisted that India is still a safe country for women.But even he couldn't help but mention a disclaimer in front of this statement. Yes, you guessed it right. The Delhi vs Mumbai women's safety debate finds mention again."For Bombay I feel is a safe place but Delhi I cannot say much about it.These incidents don’t happen over here." Jehani said.He added "I have not been worried (about bad publicity) because these things happen more in Delhi and other places and not in Mumbai so much. Mumbai is a safe place, even as of yesterday.Every corner of Bombay is quite populated whereas in Delhi I noticed the streets are quite isolated on that basis the chances of these things happening are more possible."